Happy 2017! January 02 2017, 0 Comments

Yesterday, in keeping with our annual tradition, my husband & I brought out the art box and allowed our theme for the New Year to come to life on the canvas.

Once again, it proved to be a most interesting, insightful and powerful activity. Throughout the process, I paid close attention to the thoughts & feelings that motivated my decisions. Whether inspiration, judgement, fear, joy, comparison, abandon, they all contributed to the final creation.

"I should do it this/that way because Nate is/isn't..."

"These colors make me happy..."

"I don't know what I'm doing..."

"I love the look of this..."

"NOT what I was trying to do..."

"Now what? I'm stuck..."

"I don't care, this is fun!"

etc...

And that's just how Life unfolds every day. At least for me.

And the same way that I'm not crazy about the final result of our art project this year, I don't always like the outcome of my decisions. But ultimately I try to have fun with the process and remind myself often that I can always create something new.

AND sometimes the painting starts to grow on me the next morning...

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The best New Year's wish I read yesterday was from my youngest cousin and I want to translate it for you:

"What I wish for us all this year is to contribute every day to the creation of world that is filled with more justice, more equality, more openness and more tolerance. A world full of nuances and compromise. A world filled with Love."

(Merci Jonathan!)

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::::::::::: HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! ::::::::::::

* FYI, my theme for 2017 is "YES!" (in case you hadn't guessed it already), and Nate's is "LAUNCH".